benthonic zone

Questions about benthonic zone

What is another word for benthonic zone?

It depends which benthonic zone you mean. In the sense “a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones”, the synonyms are benthos, benthic division. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of benthonic zone?

WordNet records no antonym for benthonic zone. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for benthonic zone come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of benthonic zone

• Full entry for benthonic zoneAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for benthonic zoneWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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